javac1.8 class not found

Question

I have installed two jdks - jdk 1.5 and jdk 1.8. I have following Ant build.xml config file :

Answer 1

I tried it with Eclise and got the same error Class not found: javac1.8

I verified the ANT version on my system

>ant -version

Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.6 compiled on June 29 2015

When I tried to run the build.xml from the command prompt, it worked. Then I checked that in the Eclipse, it was referring to the older version of the ANT.

I simply edited the ANT HOME path in the Eclipse and it worked from here also. :)

Below is the image from where need to edit the ANT Path in the Eclipse.

1. Right click on the build.xml file
2. Run as
3. External tool configurations
4. Select the classpath tab

Now change the ANT Home path from here.